[python] PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied python using moviepy to write gif

I'm using windows 8.1 64 bit

my code

import pdb
from moviepy.editor import *

clip = VideoFileClip(".\\a.mp4")
clip.write_gif('.\\aasda.gif')

the exception is at write_gif method

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\abi\youtubetogif_project\test.py", line 5, in <module>
    clip.write_gif('G:\\abi\\aasda.gif')
  File "<string>", line 2, in write_gif
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\moviepy-0.2.1.8.12-py3.4.egg\moviepy\decorators.py", line 49, in requires_duration
    return f(clip, *a, **k)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\moviepy-0.2.1.8.12-py3.4.egg\moviepy\video\VideoClip.py", line 435, in write_gif
    dispose= dispose, colors=colors)
  File "<string>", line 2, in write_gif
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\moviepy-0.2.1.8.12-py3.4.egg\moviepy\decorators.py", line 49, in requires_duration
    return f(clip, *a, **k)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\moviepy-0.2.1.8.12-py3.4.egg\moviepy\video\io\gif_writers.py", line 186, in write_gif
    stdout=sp.PIPE)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\subprocess.py", line 848, in __init__
    restore_signals, start_new_session)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\subprocess.py", line 1104, in _execute_child
    startupinfo)
PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied

I moved the script to another folder and partition, running moviepy dependancies and python as admin, turning off UAC still gives me error

Maybe you wrongly set permission on python3. For instance if for the file permission is set like

`os.chmod('spam.txt', 0777)` --> This will lead to SyntaxError 

This syntax was used in Python2. Now if you change like: os.chmod('spam.txt', 777) --> This is still worst!! Your permission will be set wrongly since are not on "octal" but on decimal.

Afterwards you will get permission Error if you try for instance to remove the file: PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied:

Solution for python3 is quite easy: os.chmod('spam.txt', 0o777) --> The syntax is now ZERO and o "0o"

I've run into this as well, solution is usually to be sure to run the program as an administrator (right click, run as administrator.)

Solution on windows : restarted docker

On windows I used --use-container option during sam build

So, in order to fix stuck process, I've restarted docker

I was facing the same error while running command

pip install --upgrade pip

in a virtual venvironment (created with python -m venv venv).

using the --user flag fixed the problem for me

pip install --upgrade pip --user

If the problem not resolved use --user flag in a command prompt with admin rights.

I got the same error when an imported library was trying to create a directory at path "./logs/".

It turns out that the library was trying to create it at the wrong location, i.e. inside the folder of my python interpreter instead of the base project directory. I solved the issue by setting the "Working directory" path to my project folder inside the "Run Configurations" menu of PyCharm. If instead you're using the terminal to run your code, maybe you just need to move inside the project folder before running it.

If you're encountering this in Jupyter/Jupyerlab while trying to pip install foo, you can sometimes work around it by using !python -m pip install foo instead.

Sometimes it occurs when some installations are not completed correctly, the process is stuck, or a file is still opened. So, when you try to run the installation again and the installation requires deleting, you can see the aforementioned error. In my case, shutting down the python processes and command prompt utilization helped.